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PAGETWO—THECHEROKEEAN OF RUSK. TEXAS—THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1987
Opinion/Editorial
Taxing the dwindling paycheck
More and more officials and bureaucrats in
Texas are using those dirty words "personal in-
come tax" in their attempts to rationalize Texas
out of its economic slump. Institution of the tax on
income would help to fund better
education.. .and don't forget... the tax is deduc-
tible on the federal tax return.
We also remember when sales tax was deduc-
tible. . .among many other things. To institute an
additional tax in these tough times is hardly
justifiable. But to encourage such a tax on the
basis that it is deductible by current federal law is
insane. Federal tax laws are subject to
change...who knows when. The next deduction
to go may be state income tax.
The working people of America are already
paying the bulk of the bill for government ser-
vices. The federal tax bill has risen to as much as
one-fourth of a family's income. To tax what's left
of the take-home pay is a poor economical move.
Proponents of the state income tax cite the
rising sales tax rate as a reason to justify the tax on
income. But the sales tax. as long as it is limited to
option purchases (not food and other basic
necessities) is fair to all. The amount of tax can be
controlled by how much one spends on extras.
The sales tax gets the entire population—even
those who are transient. It is no respecter of per-
sons. The income tax discriminates against those
who are employed and, or who have invested
wiseley goodness knows, their burden is heavy
enought.
Before any such tax is added, we should
scrutinize the management of Texas' billions by
the powers that be. We have trimmed some fat,
but not all. If more money is indeed necessary we
would do well to make sure everybody shares the
tax burden. -sandy alien
Sandy Allen
This Side of the Fence
Dear friends lost a lovely daughter and two gran-
dchildren in an "accident.''
The young lady, driving the small family car with her
three children inside, was hit broadside by an out-of-
control vehicle at a busy city intersection. By-standers
were able to get one child to safety before the
automobile exploded, sending the mother and two other
young children to an early grave.
This is not a joyous topic at Christmas time, but it is
relevant. The out-of-control vehicle was filled with em-
pty beer cans and the driver was definitely intoxicated.
He probably didn't even see the intersection, much less
the traffic light.
Holidays are prime times for such "accidents." Un-
fortunately, many people are not content with
celebrating Christmas in a sober manner. Such
irresponsible behavior leads to much anguish for other
folks-victims of those who try to operate a vehicle while
under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Advertising campaigns have tried to warn of the
dangers of drinking and driving, but few folks have the
good sense or self discipline to restrict themselves. They
rationalize that they've had only a few drinks or that
nothing will happen' 'just this once.''
Drunken driving is responsible for a high percentage
of traffic accidents Our society now recognizes that
most of these accidents are preventable by keeping in-
toxicated persons from getting behind the wheel Since
many cannot or will not make the sensible decision not
to drive after those "one or two drinks," the campaigns
are now being aimed at friends and relatives who are
asked to intervene Offering a ride home or calling a taxi
is an easy solution, but getting involved is sometimes a
tough decision. However, human life is worth the effort
This holiday season, be alert for those who may be a
hazard on the streets If you have friends who have had a
few drinks, be a true friend and insist on driving him
home. Help the holidays remain safe and happy for
them and for others who must travel during this season
Otherwise, we all may be saying, "If only "
from the LION'S DEN
by E.B. Musick, Jr.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following was written by Lion
George Dodd in the absence of Lion Elma Musick.
Food for Thought Department: God gave us our
memories so that we might have roses in December.
We had a good group of Lions present this past Thur-
sday. Lion Jim Cromwell opened our meeting with
prayer, asking God to bless all the Lions that were sick
and unable to attend Lion Lester Hughes led the Lions
in singing "America, the Beautiful." It never sounded
better. We had as our guest Craig Anderson. Craig is the
son-in-law of Lion Ike Daniel. It was reported that seven
Lions worked two weekends ago, picking up the trash on
Hwy 84 West. They did a good job and are to be commen-
ded. We had one Lion present that kept floating out of his
chair. It's because his wife had presented him with a
beautiful daughter. They named the future drum major
Rebecca. Mrs. Troy Lilly and daughter are doing fine
and Lion father is expected to survive
Lion Ike Daniel is program chairman for the month of
December. He introduced Trooper Lloyd Allison, Safety
Officer with the Department of Public Safety It is
always an interesting program when Mr Allison visits
with us. He showed a film titled, "It can't happen to
me." The main focus of the film was wearing seat belts
will save lives. The narrator of the film began by listing
the different reasons that people give for not buckling
up. The first one was, "I can brace myself." The truth is
that when the automobile hits an object or is hit, the per-
sons in the autmobile become the second collision and
our weak limbs are not match for metal. The second
reason given was, "It is better to be thrown from the
automobile." Again, figures prove that many people
who were killed outside of an automobile would have
lived if they had remained in the autmobile buckled up
Trooper Allison reported after the film was over that
most accidents happen within 25 miles of the person's
home. Another interesting point is that most accidents
occur at slow speed. Lion Paul Cox asked about the head
rest protecting against whiplash. Mr Allison said that
the head rest must be positioned just right or it would not
be effective and might even cause damage other than
whiplash Lion Elmer Beckworth asked about air bags
Mr Allison said that they are very effective and will be
optional equipment on the 1989 autmobiles Back to the
seat belts for a moment Seat belts came into being in
the early 1960s They are required equipment on all
cars, trucks and vans up to 3 4 tons
Many times we think that the men of the Texas High
way Patrol are just out there on the highways to give
tickets There is more to it than just giving tickets They
are concerned about saving lives They see so much un
necessary death on the highway We appreciate the fine
work that troopers like Lloyd Allison and Lion James
Campbell are doing
Boy: "Father, the rubbish is on fire'"
Father "Put the hose on it "
Boy: i a little later > "The rubbish is still on fire
Father: "Didn't you put the hose on it?"
Boy: "Yes, I did But it burned, too "
Seeyou this Thursday at the Southern
Kissin' Kuzzins
TDMBLEWSED SMITH
Part Ownar ol Tanas
P.O. Bo* 95
Big Spring. TX 79721
(915) 263-6347
Carolyn Ericson 16 14 Redbud St., Nacogdoches, Tx.759M
The Wimodausis and
Noratadata Clubs of
Sterling City
Sterling County has less than one thousand inhabitan-
ts and only one city It was called the windmill capital
because every house used to have its own windmill The
two biggest things in Sterling City during the last four
years are the arrival of cable tv and construction of a
sewer system
About eight months ago the blinking signal light in
Sterling City became a full fledged traffic light with red,
yellow and green colors But Sterling City folks aren't
used to that yet and usually pass right on through,
regardless of which color is displayed
Funeral notices are still posted on some of the old
family owned businesses in Sterling City But when the
one ambulance in town is backed up to the hardware
store i which is also the funeral home'' residents get on
the phone to find out who is involved Within fifteen
minutes everybody m town knows all about it
Sterling City lias half a dozen churches and plenty of
clubs Two of those clubs have unusual names
Wimodausis and Noratadata Wimodausis was founded
in 1912 and stands for wives, mothers, daughters and
sisters In 1934 some daughters of ladies in
Wimodausis founded another club called Noratadata
"We couldn't gel a date, so that's when we organized
and started a club to learn how to play bridge, says
charter member Cecile McDonald "We finally learned
how to ratea date and we all got married
Both clubs are still active in Sterling City
Wimodausis celebrates its 75th anniversary this year
and Noratadata liad its 5uth anniversary three years
ago "So we re all get ting up there, "says Cecile
Her mother. Mrs Bill K *ed, was one of the founders of
the Wimodausis club "Miss Ethel Foster of Sterling
City was a great club woman and she started it," ex
plains Cecile "She was president of the Texas
Federation of Women's Clubs at the time
The Wimodausis Club adopted a I-itm phrase as its
motto "Quod alius fecit faciemus, which translate*
into "What others have done, we can do " Concerning
Nora ta data's motto, Cecile says. "We were just trying
tofindaman 1 guess that was our motto findaman
While Wimodausis has no charter members left two
other charter members of the Noratadata club besides
Cecil are still active "There were 13 of us and we were
just high school girls with nothing to do and our mothers
wanted to teach us how to play bridge so we called our
selves Noratadata cause while others were out dating
we were trying to learn how to play bridge, savsCecile
During World \Sars I and II the Wimodausis club bought
Liberty Bonds, did Red Cross work, made garments and
surgical dressing for ser\ icemen and erected a flagpole
and provided a flag Tin* club helped establish a library
planted trees on the courthouse lawn and owns the land
where the Sterling City golf course is located
Some years ago. one of the ladies of the c lub wrote
some verse
Not much to do but plent> to hear
InSterlingCity back then
So we organized this club of ours
'Cause w e were short on men
NORATADATA w e called the group
And thirteen members tn-gan
This club still know n by the name that s stuck
Though all of us ha\ e found a man
Cecile s daughter Jeannie Hughes is a member of >*1
another Sterling City ladies club called DAMAS She
says "It's the Spanish word for ladies and is just
another variation of women here getting together and
playing bridge But our group really is just for fun We
go "to plays and have a good time You'd think that in a
small town like this there wouldn't be so many clubs
But when there s a community event, we all have our
separate duties
Some people sa> DAMAS reall> stands for daughters
and mothers and sisters
CAROLYN ERICSON
1614 Redbud Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
The old addage is still true. If at once you don't suc-
ceed, try, try, again! I have been looking for the parents
of one great grandfather for about twenty years. I have
checked family histories, census records, placed
queries, and written dozesn of letters.
About a couple of weeks ago, I wrote to San Diego,
California for a copy of his marriage license to his
second wife. Since we were descendants of the first wife,
I felt this was rather useless, but I thought it would be
good to have in my files. During thanksgiving week I
received a copy of the long-awaited marriage license. I
hit the jack-pot! The license was jam-packed with in-
formation. Given was the age of the groom, place of bir-
th, occupation, names of both parents, and where they
were born. It also gave whether he was single, divorced,
or widowed, and whether this was the first, second or
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third (or more) marriage. It had the same infor-
mation for the bride, and the signature of both the bride
and groom It had the signature of the minister, and both
witnesses, and where they were from I ha ve never, ever
seen such a marriage license!
I had received the death certificate for the individual,
and the names of his parents was left blank. His obituary
did not give any family information because the data
was given by a step-son who did not know. If I had not
written for this marriage license I would not have known
the parents names yet. My mother has a theory that the
information you are searching for is available
somewhere. The challenge is to find it. So if you don't
succeed the first time-or the tenth time--don't give up!
Keep trying. The thrill of success just makes you want to
do more research-and now I have a new family name
since I have the name of Sam's mother. It never ends,
does it?
000
Would like information on Ada Cotton and her three
children who were listed in the 1880 Census of Limestone
County, Texas. Children were Andrew, Cicero, Dora
and a grandson James Cotton, aged 5. Their ages
correspond with James Cotton's 1870 Nacogdoches cen-
sus, except Dora who was born about 1873.1 believe this
is my great-great-grandmother. Her name was Hadie,
but everyone called her Ada. John Cotton's death cer-
tificate showed his mother as Ada.
We are still trying to find when James and Hadie died
and where they are buried. Raymond Cotton. 6325 S.
Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport, La. 71119.
Let us help you find your "Kissin' Kuzzins." There la
no charge for a query, but it must pertain to a Texaa an-
cestor. Let your query state who, when, where and what
you want to know. Be sure you include your name and
address, and the name of the individual you are seeking
information on. Frequently I receive a query that asks
lots of questions about "grandpa" and never gives his
name or where he lived! After you have finished writing
your query, please read it over and make sure it says
what you want it to say.
This column appears in four East Texas newspapers
each week-in four counties It is one of the oldest query
columns in the United States and will begin its 19th year
in March of I mm Have you sent your query yet? If you
haven't seen a query on anyone you are working on, it ia
because you haven't sent one in yet If is an excellent
way to contact others working on the same families
I had a phone call from Arizona the other day telling me
how thrilled she w as because she had gotten responses
from Alaska. Oklahoma, New Mexico, as well as Texas
You might have the same luck! Try it
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Editor, The Cherokeean,
The storms of November 15 showed the importance of
keeping both area television stations available on the
local cablesystem.
With KETK off the air due to storm damage, KLTV
was the best source of information on weather con-
ditions and storm damage. However, due to the cable
company "experiment" I had to disconnect the cable to
get it.
Station KETK should have been on the cable since
sign-on day, but not at the coat of loaing the only other
station with regular area news coverage. Common sen-
se would call for both stations to be available and one of
the Dallaaatationa moved.
I hope that other cable aubacribers will voice their
opinion on thia matter
Sincerely,
(liarles Harris
X
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By PEGGY MC ARTHUR
Christmas Activities:
Story Time for pre-schoolers will be Wed-
nesday, December 16th at 10 a m Stories and
filmstrips will include "The Night After
Christmas," "The Polar Express," and "The
Bears Christmas." We will conclude with a
piñata. Children three to five are invited to
participate
Christmas llolidays--The library will be
closed December 22nd through New Year's
and will re-open January 5th
New books include:
FICTION:
Only When I Laugh by Len Deighten
The Tommy knockers by Stephen King
The Infant of Prague by Bill Granger
NON-FICTION:
Going for It! How ToSurceedasan
Entrepreneur by Victor Lam
Why The Best-I jild Investment Plans
Usually tío Wrong And llow You Can Find
Safety and Profit in an Uncertain World
by Harry Brow ne
Tlie Nigh I.Ives On by Waller Lord
(Titanic story)
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